Hospice

Hope Hospice and Community Services President and CEO Samira K. Beckwith has appointed Bud Stephens to the new position of Chief of Mission Support. Stephens comes to Hope after eleven years with Lee Memorial Health System, where he most recently served as Project Manager-Community Relations. In that role, he was the community liaison for the Lee system, addressing local healthcare concerns. He was also a member of a special team that developed and implemented Lee Memorial's "Community Healthcare Visioning 2017" project, to address future health care needs. Prior to Lee Memorial, Stephens was in the ministry for fifteen years.